Camera Design Module Engineer

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build service we create or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in we can do the best work of our lives. Here youll do more than join something youll add something.

The Camera team at Apple creates the worlds most popular camera capturing peoples most precious moments and putting professional-grade storytelling tools in the hands of every iPhone Camera Hardware Engineering group is responsible for all research design development test and qualification of camera hardware for Apples products. As a Camera Module Lead you will be the end-to-end technical owner at the interface of hardware and software across our camera platform. Youll operate at the intersection of optics actuators hardware firmware image signal processing and computational imaging understanding whats required to deliver the best image quality to our users building the frameworks to bridge hardware and software and aligning diverse engineering teams toward shared system-level will be in a technical leadership position requiring demonstrated ability to learn rapidly across disciplines communicate with precision across organizational boundaries and drive complex system integration to successful production outcomes. A genuine passion for photography and image quality is essential.

Own end-to-end performance and integration for high-complexity camera module projects from architecture through production across optics actuators firmware ISP and computational risks across functional feature safety and integration domains and ensure clear ownership and closure as the technical orchestrator ensuring hardware firmware and software are integrated tested and functioning cohesively; proactively engage contributing teams to remove blockers and maintain program definition and trade-off studies of RGB camera optics sensors and actuators in support of image quality manufacturing capability relevant to image quality encompassing assembly processes end-of-line testing calibration and parametric yield require international travel to supplier facilities for product development and production bring-up support.

Bachelors degree in Engineering Optics Image Science or an equivalent relevant collaborating across technical disciplines and contributing to design or system integration decisions.

Master PhD or 3 years of relevant industry experience preferably in roles spanning hardware and software system have a passion for photography and can evaluate image characteristics such as sharpness noise dynamic range color accuracy and bokeh in consumer and technical communicate complex technical information clearly across disciplines and can influence decisions at leadership level without direct have experience with experimental design and statistical proficient in data analysis and visualization with tools such as Python MATLAB or have experience with cameras image sensors or computational imaging and have the curiosity to go deep on how optics ISP pipelines and optical characterization fit together across the full camera have delivered hardware products into mass production.